STUDENTS'PERCEPTIONS OF THE DIFFICULT TOPICS IN BIOLOGY AT SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS LEVEL IN GWALE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KANO STATE, NIGERIA.

Abstract This study was to investigate the students' perceptions of the difficult topics in biology at senior secondary schools level in Gwale local government area of Kano state,Nigeria. The study used three objectives and had answered,three research question drawn from the objecties. This study was a descriptive type which employed cross-sectional survey design. The population of the study consisted'ofall students in public Senior Secondary schools in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State. The population comprised 21654 students and 848 teachers who are currently in the senior secondary schools in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State. The sumple for the study consists of 300 students from the six (6) select senior secondary schools in Gwale Local Government. The instrument used in this study for collecting data was questionnaires for teachers.Data analysis techniques are statistical methods which were used to analyze data so that it could be interpreted. Quantitalive data was coded tallied and analyzed using descriptive tatistics such as mean, standard deviation frequency and percentages. The findings in of this result revealed that difficult topics in biology as perceived by the students. The findings of this study also revealed that causes of these difficulties as perceived by the students include among others no suitable models in schools. And also The findings of the present study indicate that the possible solutions to remedy these perceived difficult topics include motivation and encouragement of the students by teachers and parents will go a long way in helping the students to overcome the difficult topics. Base on this finding the study recommended that The teachers of biology should use models such as charts, diagrams e.t.c. in teaching difficult topics of biology, the teachers should link the difficult topics to real life situation for better understanding of the students, the use of projector should be encouraged/emphasized among teachers in leaching of difficult topics of biology, The school administrators should provide the teachers with the real or standard instructional materials for effective teaching and where these instructional materials are not adequate or available teachers should be encouraged to improvise relevant instructional materials for teaching and learning to be effective and Government should employ more graduate teachers of biology and post them to all secondary schools across the country as these would not find teaching difficult topics very challenging.